When I was born I was a sinner. I never realised it until I was born again by the Gospel of God`s Righteousness which constitute Jesus` Baptism, Death and Resurrection.
When I was a kid, I was enrolled to a Catholic school which gives me an exposure of who Jesus is. At the age of 16, I was introduced to Christianity and decided to accept Christ as my Lord and Saviour. At that time, I thought as long as I believe in Jesus I will be going to heaven. I was passionate to know God which I thought I already knew. I listen to many sermons online thinking that all preachers of the Gospel are preachers of Righteousness. At the age of 17, I changed my high school and it become the turning point of my life. I met a friend who preaches the true Gospel to me. I was brought to a Church that preaches the Gospel of water and Spirit. It takes time for me to understand the Gospel. In my first year of coming to Church, I had many doubt and questions. The devil put many thought in me and makes me asked many question about the Gospel. How can the Gospel of water and Spirit be the only Gospel that saves soul? What about other Gospel? Are you saying that those big churches are preaching the wrong thing? How are you sure that your pastor is preaching the truth? Many questions pop up in my mind.
While these questions are still in my mind, Pastor passed me the book entitled "Have You Truly Been Born Again of the water and Spirit?" by Rev Paul C Jong. As I begin reading this book, I begin to understand what Pastor is preaching. I understood how my sins were passed unto Jesus when John lay His hand on Him. I understood what Jesus meant when He told Nicodemus "you must be born again of the water and Spirit" (John 3:5). I understood the significance of water in salvation.
In the Old testament, God had appointed Aaron, the High Priest of Israel, to be the representative of the israelite to pass the sin to the unblemish animal. As stated in Leviticus 16:21: “And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man”. In this scripture we can see that, Instead of everyone having to lay his hands on the offerings individually, the high priest, as the representative of all people, laid his hands on the head of the live goat for the remission of the year’s sins. Similarly John the Baptist Represent the whole world to pass all our life time of sins to Jesus. And thats the reason why Jesus call John the Baptist the greatest man ever born out of a woman (Matthew 11:11).
Without knowing the ministry of John the Baptist, we will never understand the ministry of Jesus Christ. John the Baptist is the prophet sent by God. We need to fully understand the ministry of John the Baptist and truly believe it in our heart. Just like in the old testament, sins need to be passed to the sacrificial animal before it can be killed, Jesus needs to be baptised before He can die on the cross. Just like in the old testament, it would have been incorrect to kill the sacrificial animal without first laying hands on the head of the animal and passing their sins onto it. Thus, it would be wrong and lawless to believe only in the Cross of Jesus without believing in His baptism. The complete faith that leads us to true salvation is the faith in Jesus Christ, “who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ” (1 John 5:6). To be born again we need to believe in both the baptism and the Cross of Jesus Christ. The Apostle John said that the correct faith is to believe in “the witness of the Spirit, the water, and the blood” (1 John 5:8) and I believe it with my whole heart.
This is the testimony of my faith. I pray that many more people are able to know the Gospel of water and Spirit and be saved by the true Gospel
Huang Ern, Malaysia
